Iran

Researchers say Stuxnet was deployed against Iran in 2007

Researchers at Symantec Corp have uncovered a version of the Stuxnet computer virus that was used to attack Iran’s nuclear program in November 2007, two years earlier than previously thought

Oscar for Argo: A crime against humanity

Argo is a propaganda film. Like the films of Nazi publicist Leni Riefenstahl, it is well-made. But like Riefenstahl’s movies, it glorifies a murderous criminal organization. Dr Kevin Barrett explains

Sanctions, best thing that ever happened to Iran: Ex-US Senator

Sanctions, best thing that ever happened to Iran: Ex-US Senator

Former U.S. Senator who visited Tehran earlier in February to attend a conference says that judging from what he saw sanctions are “the best thing that’s ever happened to Iran”

Iranian military disputes state news report it has captured foreign drone

Iran’s Revolutionary guard has denied reports carried by the state media that it had seized another foreign surveillance drone

Iran says it captured ‘enemy drone’

In the latest incident of its kind, Iran claims to have seized control of a “enemy drone” whilst military exercises were taking place in southern Iran

Iran to Execute 4 Bankers on Fraud Charges

If Iran just so much as imprisons a camel thief we normally hear all about it in the West, along with comments about “Tehran’s hard line regime”. But this has received little press. Is that because it might give us ideas?

Major powers to make “substantial and serious offer” to Iran

Western diplomats see sanctions as taking their toll and consequently hope the new diplomatic push could yield results where past attempts failed

Iran’s skepticism of foreign media

Iran’s skepticism of foreign media

Given the coverage of Iraq’s fabled WMD and the fact that the Western media often effectively acts as the Western powers propaganda arm, who can blame them?

Credible Military Threat Needed Against Iran: Netanyahu

This will be at the main talking point when President Obama visits Israel next month

China Said to Approve Joining Iran High-Speed Rail Project

Further reinforcing ties between China and Iran

Will Washington Grasp the Hand being Offered by the Iranian People

The U.S. and Iran have more shared interests than most realise, writes an American from Tehran

Irans’ Nuclear-Technology Gains Suggest Sanctions Are Backfiring

Irans’ Nuclear-Technology Gains Suggest Sanctions Are Backfiring

Western scientists say sanctions have given added impetus to the development of Iran’s nuclear technology and, we might add, its military technology too

Elite Iranian general assassinated near Syria-Lebanon border

‘Syrian rebels’ claim responsibility for killing Iranian general travelling from Syria to Lebanon. However, information about his movements could only have come from Mossad or Western intelligence

Iran’s new stealth fighter jet caught out by bloggers in ‘faked’ Photoshop image blunder

Iran’s new stealth fighter jet caught out by bloggers in ‘faked’ Photoshop image blunder

Beyond the smirking cynicism there’s a real double-standard at work here that’s meant to fool us like the stories about Saddam’s fabled ‘WMD’

Iran Installs Upgraded Centrifuges at Natanz

Upgraded centrifuges installed Natanz nuclear facility as Netanyahu warns that Iran is moving closer to developing a nuclear weapon

Iran Test-Fires New Air-to-Air Missile

Iran Test-Fires New Air-to-Air Missile

The latest addition to Iran’s arsenal is the Fakour 90 air-to-air missile

Pentagon Study: U.S. Defense Shield Against Iran Missiles is Seriously Flawed

Pentagon Study: U.S. Defense Shield Against Iran Missiles is Seriously Flawed

Investigators say secret Pentagon report questions whether U.S. missile defence shield for Europe can protect against Iranian missiles

Iran’s Press TV taken off air in N America

Part of an international campaign to silence the state-run Iranian broadcaster

Iran releases images of drone production line

Iran releases images of drone production line

Iran opens production line to mass produce copies of captured US Scan Eagle drone

‘You’re holding a gun against Iran’: Tehran rejects direct talks with US

Rejecting Washington’s offer of direct talks, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei asked how sincere the U.S. was “holding a gun against Iran saying you want to talk”